Valve replacement should not be performed in all asymptomatic patients with severe aortic incompetence
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Should early elective surgery be performed in patients with severe but asymptomatic aortic stenosis?
It has been well known for many years that symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis have a very poor outcome. Average survival after the onset of symptoms has been reported to be less than 2 to 3 years. In this situation, valve replacement not only results in dramatic symptomatic improvement but also in good long-term survival. This holds true even for patients with already reduced left...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)37970-x